Orange jersey for the orange groves :)

Suzanne,
I am so glad to hear you are enjoying the book!

We are stymied with the Portuguese language. Written we see so many similar words with Spanish and French but it sounds so much harsher than Spanish and we can't make out anything people are saying. We loved the mass, the sounds of the call and response singing was so evocative. Does speaking German give you more affinity to Portuguese? When we first arrived in a small village in northern Portugal in the fall, there were a group of men having coffees at the next table. We first thought that they had to be Russian until later on during the trip we realized they had been speaking Portuguese !

Quite an experience to hear mass in Portuguese! I love the sound of Portuguese, probably my favorite language.

I am well into "Lands of Lost Borders", by the way. Fascinating. Thanks again for recommending it.

Hi Karen
Thanks for checking out the blog. It is warmer now here in Quartaria along the Algarve Coast. So far so good. Happy Easter! I hope you have seen some grand bunnies this weekend!!

looks like cool and overcast weather! Better than the occasional snow flakes we are seeing here!

Looks delicious! You too, Ann!!!

Yes we too are using an IPad mini on the road which makes checking the routes more challenging.

Hi Scott
Thanks for commenting and as well about the photos from the coast at Carrapetaria.
Yes and good stories on your side as well. Good news in the Garmin find. I must say though that my all time favourite biking story is your lost IPad story. I dust it off and tell it at dinner parties. Most of the friends in our world can’t believe we live for months with only two panniers of possessions. I tell them you can hold so much stuff that one couple thought they’d lost an IPad only to find out two weeks later in the trip ( that’s the kicker!), that it was in the panniers all along. It makes me smile every time I think of it, never more so when we lose something temporarily! Thanks for your awesome writing and sharing of your stories on the road!!

Thanks Rachel, as is yours. We may be in southern France in the fall and you guys keep extending our bucket list of places to visit.

It took me a long time to learn to check the routes created by RWGPS but that’s really only possible on the website (and challenging with the iPad Mini intake on the road).

Sounds good to me!

Sounds good to me!

Hi Kel
Thanks for following along. Enjoying seeing pics of Kelsey’s and Kerry’s time with you. Looks like you are having a fab time. Thanks for the update via email.

Oh no! I shouldn’t,but I’m going to like this photo anyway. Good thing it was dry and you still had plenty of daylight left. So many good stories you’re accumulating to look back on!

All set to go!